Hands-On Microsoft 365 Pulse – Weekly Updates (Week 46)

Ignite week is on. Microsoft is in San Francisco and we’re about to see a crazy amount of Microsoft 365 updates dropping fast. Before the floodgates open, here’s a quick warm‑up with my highlights from last week.

My SharePoint highlights (you know this is a dear topic for me):

  • Branding governance via PowerShell — Tenant admins can now centrally manage site branding. Enforce enterprise themes, block custom branding on selected sites, and audit changes. Consistency and governance finally come together without manual policing.

  • Official dark themes for SharePoint — Two Microsoft-designed dark themes land out of the box. Accessible, comfortable in low-light, and consistent with Microsoft’s design system. A simple win for look + usability.

On the Teams front:

  • Miracast comes to Teams Rooms on Windows — Wireless content sharing gets easier in meeting spaces. It sits alongside Teams Cast and HDMI ingest, works with touch boards, and is exclusive to Teams Rooms Pro.

SharePoint branding governance via PowerShell

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Miracast support for Teams Rooms on Windows

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As always, there’s a bunch more to explore — check out the full list below. Let me know in the comments what your favorite update was this week, or what you’re hoping to see next. I’m curious to hear what caught your eye!

Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot for Android: Preview and chat with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in the Copilot app

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Configure connected agents for Researcher and other agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot: People agent now available in Frontier

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [1.02] Generate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from agents built from Copilot Studio lite

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Excel

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot with OneDrive files in Finder

Copilot can now automatically reschedule 1:1 meetings and personal events based on your preferences

Copilot in Microsoft OneNote for Windows Desktop Update

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot integration for OneDrive files in macOS Finder

Decoupling admin controls for agents on/off from Researcher and Analyst

Generate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from agents built from Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot

Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Improve real-time analytics with intent group and agent groups

Excel

Agent mode in Excel generally available soon (formerly part of the Frontier program)

Loop

Loop app grace period is ending

Microsoft 365

Book a workspace when creating an event

Migration of Name Pronunciation and Pronoun Controls to the People Settings Section in Org Settings

Microsoft 365 admin center: New Admin Control for Turning off People Skills

Announcing the new pay-as-you-go experience in Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft Copilot Studio – Removal of the Insights widget from analytics page

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Defender for O365: New email actions available in Advanced Hunting

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge: New WebGL software backend

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Entra: Cross-tenant security group synchronization

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Show customized message or hyperlink for multiple file toast

Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Mac device and device group-based policy scoping support for Endpoint DLP

Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-Priority content support for Risky AI usage

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Actionable Email Notifications for Enhanced Incident Remediation

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring)

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Show remote machine information on File Copy to Remote Desktop

Outlook

Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: Automatic replies collapsed by default in email thread

New Dedicated Copilot Chat Button in Outlook for Android

Outlook: Updated Copilot Button for Android

Outlook: Hide Declined Meetings in Outlook Mobile

Power Automate

Power Automate – Enable process mining integration in process map

Power Platform

Power Platform – Upcoming enforcement of tenant isolation

SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of IDCRL authentication protocol and enforcement of OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols

Legacy SharePoint Online Content Delivery Network (CDN) domain to be retired—review configurations

SharePoint: Site Branding Governance via PowerShell

SharePoint: Microsoft designed dark themes for SharePoint Sites

SharePoint branding governance via PowerShell

Microsoft SharePoint: Update to custom scripting governance in App Catalog site  Action required by Jan 13, 2026

Teams

Maintain accurate presence in Teams on the Web with new activity detection setting

Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows

Microsoft Teams: Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging

Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent Feature Updates

Microsoft Teams: In-app survey feedback policies will be managed by default with Microsoft 365 Cloud Policy

Microsoft Teams: Improvements to “Activity in other accounts and orgs panel”

Microsoft Teams frontline BYOD onboarding wizard

New customer onboarding for Google and Microsoft Teams calendar sync paused

Microsoft Teams: VDI optimization monitoring in Best practice configurations dashboard

Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience

Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in GCC

Microsoft Teams: Miracast support for Teams Rooms on Windows (Teams Rooms Pro only)

Viva Engage

Viva Engage: Update storyline cover photos in Teams for iOS

Windows

Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) has reached end of servicing

Windows Autopatch for the US government: How to get started

Take Action: Out-of-band update to address ESU enrollment issue on Windows 10, version 22H2 devices

The November 2025 Windows security update is now available

Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 2026


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